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CVE-2014-9438

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) ban a user via the username parameter in a dobanuser action to modcp/banning.php or (2) unban a user, (3) modify user profiles, edit a (4) post or (5) topic, or approve a (6) post or (7) topic via…

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
2 Jan 2015
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
1.1% in the next 30 daysHigher than 66% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Cross-site request forgery (CWE-352)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) ban a user via the username parameter in a dobanuser action to modcp/banning.php or (2) unban a user, (3) modify user profiles, edit a (4) post or (5) topic, or approve a (6) post or (7) topic via unspecified vectors.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
vBulletinServers and applications · cpe:a:vbulletin:vbulletin
  • Version 4.2.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9438
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9438